How to write 堑

堑 (qiàn) 1. 防御用的壕沟，护城河。 [En.] Moat, defensive ditch. 2. 陷坑，亦喻挫折。 [En.] Pit, also metaphorically a setback or reverse. 3. 挖掘。 [En.] To dig. 堑 (qiàn) 1. 防御用的壕沟，护城河：～壕。天～。 [En.] Moat, defensive ditch: moat; natural barrier. 2. 陷坑，亦喻挫折：吃一～，长一智。 [En.] Pit, also metaphorically a setback: learn from setbacks. 3. 挖掘：“环而～之，及泉”。 [En.] To dig: "surround and dig to the spring." 堑 (qiàn) 【本义】:护城河，壕沟 [En.] Original meaning: moat, defensive ditch. 【造字法】:形声。从土，斩声。 [En.] Character formation: phono-semantic compound; radical 土 (earth), sound 斩. 同本义 ([En.] moat) [En.] Same as original meaning (moat). 挫折 ([En.] setback; reverse)。 [En.] Setback or reverse. 堑 (qiàn) 挖掘(【英】：壕沟、通道) [En.] To dig (moat, passageway). 引: 1. 《说文》：堑，防也。 [En.] "Shuo Wen": A moat is for defense. 2. 《史记·高祖纪》：深堑而守。 [En.] "Records of the Grand Historian": Defend with deep ditches. 3. 《史记·司马相如传》：隤墙填堑。 [En.] "Records of the Grand Historian": Fill the moat with fallen walls. 例: 又如:堑渊(沟壑深潭);堑垒(深壕与堡垒);堑坎(深坑);堑谷(沉陷的坑谷);天堑。 [En.] For example: moat and deep pools; deep ditches and fortifications; deep pits; sunken valleys; natural barriers. 挫折 ([En.] setback; reverse)。 例: 如:吃一堑，长一智。 [En.] For example: learn from setbacks. 堑 (qiàn) 挖掘(【英】：壕沟、通道) [En.] To dig (moat, passageway). 引: 1. 《史记·秦本纪》：堑山堙谷。 [En.] "Records of the Grand Historian": dig mountains and fill valleys. 2. 《左传》：环而堑之。 注:“沟堑也。” [En.] "Zuo Zhuan": Surround and dig; note: "ditch." 3. 《庄子·外物》：厕足而堑之。 释文:“掘也。” [En.] "Zhuangzi": Stand and dig; translates to "to excavate." 4. 《史记·李斯列传》：峭堑之势异也。 [En.] "Records of the Grand Historian": The steepness of the ditch is distinct. 古同“錾”。 [En.] Anciently the same as "to chisel." 古通“渐”，平缓。 [En.] Anciently associated with "gradually," gentle and smooth.